Overview

• The overnight strike hit Pyinnyar Pan Khinn and A Myin Thit private high schools in Thayet Thapin village in Kyauktaw township, an area under Arakan Army control in Rakhine state.
• The Arakan Army said a jet dropped two bombs on the schools and that most of those killed were 17- to 18-year-old students.
• Local outlet Myanmar Now reported that two 500-pound bombs were used as students slept.
• Relief workers reported 21 to 22 people injured, several critically, and damage to at least six nearby houses.
• The military has not acknowledged any operation in the area, and communications blackouts are limiting independent confirmation of details.